Bruce wrote:
"Dave Liquorice" wrote:
On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:21:42 GMT, George wrote:

Aldi on Thursday(Today) are doing a HP Colour Laser printer for £149
I get the feeling the OP doesn't want another HP within 100yds of his
place. B-) Mind you he doesn't say what type of HP printer has given so
much grief so I assigned the post to the spam/troll category.

The only reason I'm responding is because I saw that offer and am half in
the market for a colour laser. I tried to find more information about that
printer and failed on the number given from Aldi CP1514 (with or without
the N), which makes me suspicious that it is some sort of "special" from
HP. Now it might be identical to another number printer or it might not...


The "cheap" colour laser printer is just a mirage. All they have done
is loaded the price of the toner cartridges and subsidised the initial
cost of the printer, knowing you will have to spend far more on toner
than you could have believed. The toner cartridges that come with the
printer are less than 25% filled and so will very soon need to be
replaced with the mind-blowingly expensive full ones.

It's the same principle as buying a "cheap" £40 all-in-one inkjet
printer/scanner/fax/copier and then facing a bill of £60 for a set of
ink cartridges within a couple of weeks. Been there, done that.

There's one born every minute really.